worm vs beard worm

beard worm vs worm

worm and beard worm both are nouns.

worm is a verb but beard worm is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
worm	Yes	No	Yes	No
beard worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beard worm is a hyponym of worm; that is, beard worm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than worm:

worm: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
beard worm: slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom

Other hyponyms of worm include helminth, parasitic worm, woodworm, acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm, arrowworm, chaetognath, flatworm, platyhelminth, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm, ribbon worm, pogonophoran, nematode, nematode worm, roundworm, annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm.

worm (noun)	beard worm (noun)
any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae	slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

worm (verb)	beard worm (verb)
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

Difference between worm and beard worm

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